Alert archive / Minnesota / River Flood Watches in 2016
River Flood Watch 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood watch at Apr 25, 2016, 9:39 AM CDT for Clay County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 28, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2016, 9:39 AM CDT (14:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Clay County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Buffalo River (MN) near Dilworth (DILM5).
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05062000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.